Dutee Chand
Tokyo Olympics: Dutee Chand fails to progress in women's 100m Heat event
Tokyo: Ace Indian sprinter Dutee Chand's hope of bringing home a medal faced a jolt as she failed to progress from the heats in the women’s 100m event of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics 2020 on Friday.
She was running in Heat 5.
She finished seventh in the round.
In the upsetting show, Dutee clocked 11.54 seconds in her sprint.
#IND's national record holder in women's 100m @DuteeChand falls short of striding her way to the next round as she finishes seventh with a timing of 11.54s in heat 5️⃣
— #Tokyo2020 for India (@Tokyo2020hi) July 30, 2021
The heat was won by #JAM's @realshellyannfp! 🙌#StrongerTogether | #UnitedByEmotion | #Tokyo2020 | #Athletics
Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce clinched the heat round by clocking 10.84 seconds.
Ajla del Ponte of Switzerland and Grace Nzubechi Nwokocha of Nigeria finished in the second and third positions in the Heat round.
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